Every Muslim deeply desires to visit Makkah for Umrah once in life. Umrah is one of the holiest acts in Islam. Just a visit to Makkah is of more worth than millions for a Muslim. Poor people looks for cheap Umrah packages to visit Kaaba in Makkah.
What is Umrah?
A visit to Holy Kaaba is called Umrah. Kaaba is sacred house of God, Allah. Everyone can perform Umrah any time. A Muslim can perform Umrah more than once in life. The main purpose of Umrah is to clean sins of soul that are due to evil acts in past life.
How long Umrah is?
Every package is designed by guarding hospitality and comfort of visitor. The shortest Umrah Package is of 7 days and maximum of 30 days.
What do you do at Umrah?
What do you do in Umrah is question of people who have to visit Makkah. Pilgrims perform Umrah under set of rules that Islam gives to Muslims. Pilgrims perform Umrah in four steps. First step for Umrah is Wearing unique dress known as Ihram. Second step is Tawaf of Kaaba. Third step is Sa’iy. Last step is Halq.
o Ihram
Pilgrims wear Ihram before entering Masjid al Ihram and moving to perform Umrah. Pilgrims wear Ihram in Miqat where five places are special for pilgrims of different countries.
- Dhul hulaifa- is for pilgrims coming from or through Madina.
- Al Juhfah- is for pilgims coming from Syria Egypt and Morocco.
- Qarn al manazil- is for pilgrims coming from Najd or Taif.
- Yalamlam- is for pilgrims coming from India, Pakistan or Yemen.
- Dhut’irq- is for pilgrims coming from Iraq.
Before becoming Mahram, pilgrims must prepare them for Ihram by following rules.
- Ghusl
- Perfuming their body
- Clipping fingers and toy nails
- Removing unnecessary hairs
o Tawaf
Seven times circling of Kaaba is called Tawaf. After wearing Ihram, pilgrims enter Masjid al Ihram and perform Tawaf. Tawaf starts from hajr e Aswad. Pilgrims move in anti-clockwise direction and perform Tawaf. Pilgrims recite a dua during Tawaf called Talbih.
o Sai’y
Pilgrims walk along mountains of safa and marwah Sai ’y. Pilgrims repeat this act seven times. Pilgrims perform this act following wife of Prophet Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S), Hazrat Hajra (A.S). She ran on these mountains in search of water for her and her son Hazrat Ismael (A.S). God, Allah likes his act and makes it part of Hajj and Umrah. Pilgrims walk seven times between these mountains. Each time, pilgrims run for 450m.
o Halq
Finally, last step of Umrah is shaving of head. Men should their heads completely or clipped their hairs. Women restrict to shave their heads instead they have a strand of hairs to clip.
Conclusion
What do you do in Umrah is explain above. Four steps are in Umrah that we have explained you. Government should provide cheap Umrah packages. Therefore, poor people can also visit Kaaba by utilizing these cheap Umran packages.